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control. The second prototype had a modified cabin which allowed for stretcher-borne casualties to be carried. A pair of Ultra-lights were equipped with a slightly larger diameter rotor (32 ft/9.75 m rather than 28 ft/8.6 m) for the purpose of improving performance in situations
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Further requirements for the prospective light helicopter included a flight endurance of one hour along with the potential for carrying light cargoes such as fuel and tools, as well as stretcher-bound wounded troops. An initial request for a rear-facing observer's seat was present early on, but was
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Despite considerable interest from abroad, particularly from customers in the US and Canada, no orders for the type were received and only the six development Ultra-lights were constructed before the programme was ultimately abandoned in 1959. A major factor in Fairey deciding to terminate work on
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Skeeter had made a good early impression in Germany and had attracted the offer of a military order for the type from the German government, but that this was on the condition that the Skeeter was in turn adopted by the British armed forces as well.
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duties. This specification was considered to be quite demanding, calling for it to be capable of high speeds and rates of climb even under tropical conditions. The rotorcraft was also required to be transportable on the back of a standard Army three-ton truck, constricting the dimensions of the
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Ministry decided to award the firm a contract to produce a total of four development aircraft for demonstration and flight testing purposes; the company later decided to construct a further two more
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to the tip jets. According to aviation author Derek Wood: "the Fairy Ultra Light was a masterpiece of simplicity. It dispensed with a tail rotor since the tip-driven main rotor was torqueless and it eliminated the shafts, gears, and clutches associated with piston-engined designs".
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The second prototype of the Ultra-light, which featured a modified nose so that it could accommodate a stretcher for its intended use as a casualty evacuation helicopter. In 1977, it was rediscovered in a derelict condition on a farm near
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high pressure air from the engine directly to the tips; Fairey had been conducting work into a scheme where this air was mixed with fuel at the tips and burned. Such methods had already been flight tested on the
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The Ultra-light had been conceived of as a straightforward, low cost and easily transportable helicopter. It lacked any tail rotor due to the decision to propel the rotorcraft using unconventional
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skids directly attached to the box structure, porter bars could be attached to the skids to allow the rotorcraft to be carried by hand.
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633:640 lb (290 kg) payload
330:rotorcraft as a private venture.
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1034:. Manchester: Crecy Publishing.
1032:Wrecks & Relics 23rd Edition
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411:was a simple pair of tubular
118:was a small British military
116:Fairey Ultra-light Helicopter
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586:Royal Aircraft Establishment
182:During the early 1950s, the
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651:1,800 lb (816 kg)
511:airworthiness certification
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1807:Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52
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1051:Fairey Aircraft since 1915
1021:Bridgman, Leonard (1958).
608:Fairey Aircraft since 1915
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2030:Scottish Aviation Pioneer
1972:Youngman-Baynes High Lift
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661:gas turbine gas generator
265:Bristol Aeroplane Company
243:Competition and selection
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1531:de Havilland Sea Hornet
860:, pp. 111–112, 114
618:General characteristics
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65:Fairey Aviation Company
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